Lesson 9 + 10 (The Head)

Question 1

capitalist

Answer 1

n. a person who has invested personal wealth in business

n. a very wealthy person

Question 2

capitulation

Answer 2

n. surrender; ending resistance

Question 3

decapitate

Answer 3

v. to cut off the head of; to behead

Question 4

precipice

Answer 4

n. a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock

n. the edge of a dangerous situation

Question 5

precipitate

Answer 5

v. to throw down from a great height

v. to make happen suddenly or quickly

Question 6

recapitulation

Answer 6

n. the restatement of a main idea

n. a summary or concise review

Question 7

cerebral

Answer 7

adj. pertaining to the brain

adj. intellectual

Question 8

cerebration

Answer 8

n. the action of thinking; thought

Question 9

deface

Answer 9

v. to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of (something)

Question 10

efface

Answer 10

v. to wipe out; to obliterate (also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out)
v. to make oneself inconspicuous

Question 11

facade

Answer 11

n. a face of a building

n. the face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front

Question 12

facet

Answer 12

n. one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel

n. one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth

Question 13

affront

Answer 13

v. to insult intentially; to offend or embarrass

n. an insult or offensive act

Question 14

confront

Answer 14

v. to stand or come directly in front of

v. to face with defiance or hostility

Question 15

effrontery

Answer 15

n. flippant or insulting boldness; audacity

Question 16

supercilious

Answer 16

adj. disdainful; haughty and aloof

Question 17

inexorable

Answer 17

adj. relentless; unyielding

Question 18

oracle

Answer 18

n. a shrine where the ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or propecy
n. a prophecy made at such a shrine
n. a person who transmits prophecy from a deity

Question 19

oration

Answer 19

n. an address or formal speech given on a special occasion

Question 20

orifice

Answer 20

n. a mouth or vent; an opening

Question 21

osculate

Answer 21

v. to kiss (usually used playfully)

Question 22

indentation

Answer 22

n. a cut or notch

Question 23

indenture

Answer 23

n. a written contract between two parties
n. an agreement binding an apprentice to work for a master
v. to bind by written contract

Question 24

trident

Answer 24

n. a long three-pronged fork or weapon

Question 25

orthodontist

Answer 25

n. a specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth

Question 26

gorge

Answer 26

n. a deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains
n. gluttonous eating
n. a feeling of nausea
v. to eat greedily
v. to fill full, to stuff

Question 27

disgorge

Answer 27

v. to expel from the throat or stomach; to vomit

v. to discharge violently

Question 28

gargantuan

Answer 28

adj. of immense size; gigantic

Question 29

gargoyle

Answer 29

n. a grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one used as a rainspout carrying water clear of a wall

Question 30

regurgitate

Answer 30

v. to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit
v. to rush or surge back